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[Patrick C. Ryan]

Dear Alexis and IEists:

-----Original Message-----
From: manaster at umich.edu <manaster at umich.edu>
Date: Sunday, March 07, 1999 11:50 PM

>On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, Patrick C. Ryan wrote:

>> I do not believe that there is anything which the current "laryngeal" theory
>> explains that this re-formulation of it will not equally well explain.

>This is what you have not even begun to demonstrate, as you
>well know from our private discussions, so it does not
>seem right to me to make this claim.

Yes, it is premature. I said this because I have surveyed the theory many
times in the past, and found it poorly formulated --- although I did not put
these criticisms down on paper.

I am in the process of doing that now.

Pat